Stennis CO Talks Deployment: Dual Carrier Ops, Chinese Interactions
Last month the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) returned home from a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific…
U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Swift Calls for Military Transparency in China Visit
The head of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific emphasized the importance of military-to-military transparency to his Chinese counterparts in…
First U.S. Destroyer Visits China Since South China Sea Ruling
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer pulled into port in Qingdao on Monday for the first Navy port call to China since…
CNO: Relationship With China Should Focus On Cooperation, Not Actions And Reactions
THE PENTAGON – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson met with his Chinese counterpart last week in the hopes…
Chinese RIMPAC Delegation Snubs Japanese Sailors
The Chinese naval delegation to the Rim of the Pacific exercises barred at least some Japanese sailors from touring their…
Analysis: Can China Enforce a South China Sea Air-Defense Identification Zone?
Is China about to declare an Air-Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the South China Sea? And how effectively would it…
Russian Spy Ship Now Off Hawaii, U.S. Navy Protecting ‘Critical Information’
Moscow has dispatched a specialized spy ship off the coast of Hawaii with the likely mission to monitor the U.S.…
Chinese Warships Now Training with Ships from U.S. Carrier Strike Group
CLARIFICATION: The PLAN ships bound for RIMPAC were accompanied by two ships from the Stennis Carrier Strike Group, not the…
Document: Report on China Naval Modernization
The following is the May 31, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities —…
Beijing Accuses U.S. of ‘Negative Publicity Campaign’ Over South China Sea Issues
Chinese officials took aim at U.S. assertions freedom of navigation rights in the South China Sea were being restricted by…